You will need:

Marbling with Conkers:

2. Place the conkers on the card. You can use as many as you like but we found three conkers was most effective. An obvious point but try to pick out the round conkers as the flat ones don’t roll.

3. Squeeze a dollop of paint onto each conker.

4. Then tilt the tray from side to side and back to front, allowing the conkers to run randomly across the page. For young children, you may need to show them how to do this initially but they will soon get the hang out it.

5. Then sit back and watch them create their own little masterpieces.

6. We ended up doing this several times as it was so much fun. Each time you end up with something different depending on the paint colour, the conker size and the ferocity of tilting.

This is what happens when you use a flat conker. A frustrated 5-year-old drags the conker across the card herself.

7. Once you have finished your marbling, then keep the conkers. They end up being a work of art themselves, all covered in paint.

This craft activity was a big hit with my children, so much so, that we have done this every day after school for the past week. This is a great activity for getting to grips with hand-eye coordination so it’s the perfect autumn craft for pre-schoolers through to adults. Even I was eager to get stuck in myself.